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How do Black women writing speculative fiction explore the use of memory as a potential strategy for liberation? In Black Speculative Feminisms, Cassandra L. Jones looks at the writings of Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Rasheedah Phillips, and Nnedi Okorafor to chart those moments where characters harness, or fail to harness, the power of memory. These instances transform memory--individual and collective, bodily and archival--from passive recollection into direct or indirect social action. Taking a Black feminist approach, Jones addresses several emancipatory themes within Afrofuturism: the decolonization of time that can be found in fiction employing non-Western and non-linear expressions of time, exploring futurity and the projection of a full range of expressions of Black humanity into anticipated futures, and imagining new worlds and novel approaches to old problems. Drawing on critical fabulation and restorative justice, she forwards restorative fabulation as the mechanism by which speculative fiction offers a healing site for authors and readers to process generational trauma while imagining more equitable futures.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 120 go-to Italian American favorites for all the red-sauced, pan-fried, crispy-cornered, baked-until-bubbly comforting classics you'll want to eat every night.

Food Network star Alex Guarnaschelli may be a French-trained chef, an Iron Chef, and a short-order-chef to her daughter, Ava, but at her core, she's an Italian American home cook. Her mom's heritage was Sicilian and her dad's people were from Bari; she pledged allegiance to her father's marinara on weekdays and to her mom's on the weekend and grew up eating at many of the red-checked-tablecloth trattorias throughout New York City. She still stops in to chitchat with the shop owners in Little Italy, where she buys the milkiest fresh mozz, the most thinly sliced prosciutto, and the crunchiest biscotti.

These are the recipes that are favorites for so many of us, whether your family is from Italy or not. From Fettuccine Alfredo, Whole Chicken alla Diavola, and Carmella Soprano's Lasagna (yes, that Carmella Soprano) to Stuffed Artichokes so big and bursting that they're a main course unto themselves, these 120 recipes and 115 stunning photos are a celebration of garlic and tomatoes, Parmesan, pesto, and all the meatballs, sausages, and tiramisu in between. There are both simple weeknight suppers and slowly simmered Sunday sauces, and they represent the food we make to celebrate, commiserate, and just to be--it's Italian, it's American, it's all of us.

Most leaders struggle with making decisions fast enough to matter and transitioning those decisions into action.

In today's world of AI disruption, global competition, and relentless change, slow processes and over analysis can cripple even the strongest teams. The cost of delay is real: decision paralysis, wasted effort, and the nagging sense that faster competitors are pulling ahead.

Speed Kills introduces an extraordinary solution: John Boyd's renowned OODA Loop: observe, orient, decide, act, made practical for today's leaders. Retired Marine Colonel Alex Vohr, a combat leader who turned corporate executive, translates this groundbreaking decision model from theory into practice. With clarity and hard-won experience, Alex shows how leaders can design organizations that act with speed, seize the initiative, and thrive under uncertainty.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

• Reframe decision-making as continuous cycles of action that outpace competitors.
• Harness systems thinking to design organizations as adaptive, resilient, and robust.
• Build cultures of leadership and will that unify teams and accelerate execution.
• Exploit asymmetries in competition, turning speed and tempo into decisive advantage.
• Apply the OODA Loop to business, military, and personal challenges alike, transforming complexity into opportunity.

Whether you lead a corporation, a military unit, or any organization striving to win, this book will change the way you see the world-and how you compete within it. Don't just make decisions. Make them matter. Speed Kills will show you how to outthink, outpace, and outperform in any environment.

So often associated with cheapness and low quality, pulp fiction and filmmaking have influenced the way we live for more than a century. Many respected authors and artists worked for the pulp and paperback markets, while films made for the low budget or youth markets are now rightly regarded as classics as they continue to inspire the movies and television we watch today.

Profusely illustrated with more than 800 rare and unique images from around the world--including book and magazine covers, interior illustrations, movie posters, comic books, promotional items, tie-ins, and previously unpublished artwork commissioned especially for this book--this handsome volume charts the history of escapist horror and the individuals who created it.

Compiled by multiple award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones, and with a foreword by prolific and acclaimed author Robert Silverberg, this visual history brings together insightful and revelatory commentary from some of the genre's most highly esteemed experts. The Art of Pulp Horror is a stunning and informative guide to how, for over 100 years, we have enthusiastically embraced and exploited the gratuitous and the gory into our popular culture.

Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products--from animated movies and computer games to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques--are consumed around the world. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. This Very Short Introduction explodes the myths and explores the reality of modern Japan, offering a concise, engaging, and accessible look at the history, economy, politics, and culture of this fascinating nation. It examines what the term "modern" means to the Japanese, debunks the notion that Japan went through a period of total isolation from the world, and explores the continuity between pre- and post-war Japan. Anyone curious about this intriguing country will find a wealth of insight and information in these pages.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam

A nonfiction picture book about amazing ways that the Earth removes carbon from the air, and amazing ways people can help, offering a fresh and hopeful perspective on climate change.

The Earth has a problem: there's too much carbon in the air.

Luckily, the Earth also has amazing powers to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere-like the power of kelp, mangroves, and dirt. Although these powers alone cannot get us out of the climate crisis we're facing, the Earth has another important power: the power of people! People have the power to change, protect, innovate, and invent.

In this informational picture book, Debbie Levy and Alex Boersma paint an encouraging yet honest picture of the problems at hand and some of the ways that we can address them. Thanks to the power of nature and the ingenuity of people, change is in the air!

A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.

Volume III contains Conrad's Fate and The Pinhoe Egg.

In Conrad's Fate, Conrad Tesdinic must overcome his terrible karma while working at the mysterious Stallery Mansion. Luckily for him, young Christopher Chant is also undercover at Stallery to rescue his friend Millie.

In The Pinhoe Egg, Cat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe discover a mystical egg in Marianne's attic. If Marianne and Cat can harness their own considerable powers, they'll soon see how the egg fits into the many secrets in Marianne's family of secret rogue witches. But it may lead to a mess only the Chrestomanci can sort out.

The third of three volumes, the Chronicles of Chrestomanci can be read in any order.

An essential social emotional learning resource for home and school, The Calm Down Jar, helps children and adults learn how to handle the stress of every day life

In the world of sensory processing issues, tools like the Calm Down Jar help people of all ages and backgrounds. Each individual, whether or not they have a sensory processing disorder, has different coping mechanisms and strategies that work for them to calm down when they are overwhelmed and stressed. Overwhelmed children can shake, squeeze, see, and touch the Calm Down Jar, letting the sight of floating glitter soothe them. The Calm Down Jar is a powerful anxiety management tool for many.

The falling glitter reminds your overwhelmed child that no feeling lasts forever, and that they have the power to lower their own stress levels. It's self-regulation, in a bottle.

Another feeling I like is calm,

When everything is quiet and just right.

I feel easy and free-flowing,

Especially, when I drift asleep at night.

Look for more in this series, Teacher Tools, and visit the author's profile to find out about new titles and offerings.

Teaches responsibility and respect for people and things. A hilarious, rhyming, read loud book that's perfect for the first or any day of school.

The classroom erasers have had enough!

Of all the classroom tools,

We're the smallest in the bunch,

But we're also the most beat up,

Damaged, bent, and crunched.

Buy this book for a good laugh, nighttime snuggle, or your favorite teacher.

A must-have collector's item for horror fans, comprised of two novels, The Babysitters Lives and The Killer on the Road, from the new master of horror Stephen Graham Jones.

The Babysitter Lives

When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and spend a quiet night studying: the SATs are tomorrow, and checking the Native American/Alaskan Native box on all the forms won't help if she chokes on test day. But tomorrow is also Halloween, and the twins are eager to show off their costumes.

Charlotte's last babysitting gig almost ended in tragedy when her young charge sleepwalked unnoticed into the middle of the street, only to be found unharmed by Charlotte's mother. Charlotte vows to be extra careful this time. But the house is filled with mysterious noises and secrets that only the twins understand, echoes of horrors that Charlotte gradually realizes took place in the house eleven years ago. Soon Charlotte has to admit that every babysitter's worse nightmare has come true: they're not alone in the house.

The Killer on the Road

Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an intervention disguised as a road trip. What they don't realize is that Harper has been marked by a very unique serial killer who's been trolling the highway for the past three years, and now the killer is after all of them in this fast-paced and deadly chase novel that will have your heart racing well above the speed limit as the interstate becomes a graveyard.

A gentle story of learning to say goodbye to a loved one

One day, a child finds a polar bear in their garden. But this is no ordinary polar bear; it can fit in the palm of the child's hand! As the days of the week go by from Monday to Sunday, the polar bear grows bigger and bigger. Soon, the child knows they must see the polar bear home safely. So off they sail, together, journeying across the sea in search of the polar bear's home. And just as the bear outgrows the boat--land ho!

With exquisite skill and compassion, Richard Jones has crafted a profoundly moving story with tender illustrations and themes that will resonate with anyone who has loved and had to let go.

A gripping, propulsive YA fantasy novel from award-winning author and social media superstar Alex Aster, "Lightlark is an ebullient, fast-paced fantasy with a beautifully rendered world that seethes with intrigue, romance and tension. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

Welcome to the Centennial.

Every hundred years, the island of Lightlark appears for only 100 days to host a deadly game, where the rulers of six realms fight to break their curses and win unparalleled power. Each ruler has something to hide. Each curse is uniquely wicked. To break them--and save themselves and their realms--one ruler must die.

To survive, Isla Crown must lie, cheat, and betray. Even as love complicates everything . . .

Includes Select Exclusive Excerpts from Nightbane, the Second Book in the Lightlark Saga

Leadership, Harvard Business School professor Archie L. Jones, Jr. explains, is not about title or status, but about influence and impact. Leadership capital consists of the resources you have that can empower you to work with others to achieve your goal.

In The Treasure You Seek, Archie L. Jones, Jr. shares his lessons in leadership--focused on the notion of leadership capital and the 5 Cs (capability, culture, communication, connection, and confidence). Each of the 5 Cs is a tool for readers to develop and deploy leadership capital in order to achieve whatever success means to them--their treasure. In treating each of the 5 Cs, he lays out his own experience and walks the reader though the building blocks of developing and then leveraging that "C."

This book is for aspiring entrepreneurs--which, to Archie L. Jones, Jr., just means "someone with a dream," whether to start a business and build an empire, start a nonprofit to change the world, or simply to be upwardly mobile and change one's own life. This book is not just for "leaders" in a narrow sense, but is for those looking to advance in their lives or careers, to take their game to the next level, as well as for coaches who are working with people in this position. Jones' messages have resonated with corporate leaders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and students at many levels across the world.

'Even though in our heart of hearts we'd known to expect this bad news, the physical evidence hit us like a ton of bricks. These were no happy snaps. This was our mother's glorious, clever, witty, intelligent brain withering away before our eyes, and there was nothing we could do?'

Sarah Jones shares the very personal and heartfelt story of being there with her mother, Jeannie Somerville, as she succumbed to the cruel blows of dementia, and follows Jeannie's journey, which had an impact on her whole family. You'll laugh and cry as you read this raw and honest account, written by a loving daughter in a way that is relatable and real. This compelling book will be both a source of comfort and an insight into the realities of life for anyone whose loved one is suffering from this soul-destroying disease.Through its chapters, Sarah will help you to feel that you and your loved ones are not alone in dealing with the many debilitating stages of dementia.

'Sarah Jones is not alone, recounting here the slow fade of her mum. Charming, challenging, her book is a tender portrait, a vital guide, and an urgent reminder that dementia is a crisis that touches us all.' - David Astle, author, broadcaster and Dementia Australia ambassador

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia -- population just 3,000 in 1944 -- died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day
They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost--it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget.

The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives, as well as diaries and letters, Kershaw's book focuses on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.

Un chico de su pasado.
Una pared que los separa.
Una ciudad donde todo es posible.

Un irresistible romance ambientado en Nueva York de Alex Aster, autora número 1 del New York Times.

Elle es guionista y tiene ventisiete años. Cuando le ofrecen la oportunidad de escribir el guion de una gran película en Nueva York, solo tiene un problema: odia Nueva York, está bloqueadísima con el guion y tiene que entregarlo al final del verano y, por si fuera poco, su nuevo vecino es Parker Warren: el soltero multimillonario con el que se enrolló hace dos años y que ahora es, simultáneamente, la inspiración de sus guiones y su archienemigo.

Él tiene que fingir mantener una relación estable durante un momento delicado para su empresa tecnológica. Ella tiene que escribir un guion ambientado en ocho localizaciones newyorkinas a las que solo él tiene acceso exclusivo.

Elle está a punto de vivir un verano de película. Aunque tal vez no sea la que ella esperaba...

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Aster comes her adult debut novel Summer in the City--a swoony, fast-paced rom-com set in New York City in which a screenwriter and a sexy tech CEO go from lovers to enemies and back to lovers again...

Twenty-seven-year-old screenwriter Elle has the chance of a lifetime to write a big-budget movie set in New York City. The only problem? She's had writer's block for months, and her screenplay is due at the end of the summer.

In a desperate attempt at inspiration, Elle ends up back in the city she swore she would never return to, in an apartment she could never afford (floor-to-ceiling windows, skyline views, and a new coffee shop to haunt included). It's the perfect place to write her screenplay...until she realizes her new neighbor is tech "Billionaire Bachelor" Parker Warren, her stairwell hookup from two years ago. It's been a lovers-to-enemies situation ever since.

When seeing him again turns into a full night of hate-fueled writing, Elle realizes her enemy/twisted muse might just be the key to finishing her screenplay... if she can stand being around her polar opposite. She writes anonymously, and he's on the cover of every business magazine. He frequents fancy red carpeted events, and she doesn't like leaving her emotional support five block radius.

One summer. One wall apart. He needs to fake a buzzy relationship during his company's precarious acquisition. She needs to write a movie around a list of NYC locations. Both need a break from their unrelenting schedules, and a chance to rediscover the skyscraper glimmering, pizza crusted, sunlit charms of the city.

Summers always end, and so will this agreement. It's all pretend. Promise.

Until it isn't.

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it's often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.

Throughout the book, you'll explore relevant material gleaned from numerous books, papers, blog posts, and the source code of several open source databases. These resources are listed at the end of parts one and two. You'll discover that the most significant distinctions among many modern databases reside in subsystems that determine how storage is organized and how data is distributed.

This book examines:

• Storage engines: Explore storage classification and taxonomy, and dive into B-Tree-based and immutable Log Structured storage engines, with differences and use-cases for each
• Storage building blocks: Learn how database files are organized to build efficient storage, using auxiliary data structures such as Page Cache, Buffer Pool and Write-Ahead Log
• Distributed systems: Learn step-by-step how nodes and processes connect and build complex communication patterns
• Database clusters: Which consistency models are commonly used by modern databases and how distributed storage systems achieve consistency

EVERY DOLLAR IS A VOTE. MAKE YOURS COUNT.

Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions.

Now in its seventh edition, The Better World Shopping Guide continues to be the gold standard for socially and environmentally responsible consumers. Pick-up the seventh edition of this perennial bestseller and find out which companies actually"walk the talk" when it comes to:

• Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Human rights
• Community involvement
• Animal protection
• Social justice

From cereal to computers, meat alternatives to outdoor gear, and pet care to toys, check the rating before you buy. Drawing on decades of research, this comprehensive resource rates hundreds of brands, products, and services from A to F so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" - turning your shopping list into a powerful tool for positive change.

• 6000+ hours of research
• 2000+ companies evaluated
• 70+ product categories
• 50+ reliable sources
• 5 essential issues
• 1 report card

Small enough to fit in a back pocket or handbag, easy to use, and covering more brands than ever, The Better World Shopping Guide helps you reward companies who are doing good, penalize those involved in destructive activities, and change the world as you shop!

Authors and Tony Award-winning producers Alex Boniello and April Lavalle perfectly balance sweet and spooky in Feeling Boo, a charming and supportive picture book that reminds readers it's ok to feel a little boo, especially if you have friends to help you through

It's OK to feel a little bit BOO, especially if you have friends to help you through.

Ollie and Ellie have been friends for hundreds of years. They love taking long midnight floats through the graveyard, going on haunting sprees, and playing dress-up. But when Ollie wakes up feeling boo, Ellie isn't quite sure what to do. She tries everything she can think of to cheer Ollie up, but nothing seems to do the trick. Finally, Ellie learns that just being present with her friend is all he really needs.

Told with equal parts humor and heart, this picture book is a kid-friendly, not-so-scary conversation-starter about mental health and the joy of friendship.

'I was conscious of a most horrible smell of mould, and of a cold kind of face pressed against my own...'

Considered by many to be the most terrifying writer in English, M. R. James was an eminent scholar who spent his entire adult life in the academic surroundings of Eton and Cambridge. His classic supernatural tales draw on the terrors of the everyday, in which documents and objects unleash terrible forces, often in closed rooms and night-time settings where imagination runs riot. Lonely country houses, remote inns, ancient churches or the manuscript collections of great libraries provide settings for unbearable menace, from creatures seeking retribution and harm. These stories have lost none of their power to unsettle and disturb.

This edition presents all of James's published ghost stories, including the unforgettable 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad' and 'Casting the Runes', and an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story. Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the genre he made his own.

Chart a New Way Forward through Commonality, Equality, and Cohesion in the Workplace.

Imagine a work environment where every person is appreciated. Every person. Where diversity, equity, and inclusion are more than admirable aspirations but instead clearly defined plans with proven methods of achievement. Where everyone is committed to pulling on the same rope, devoted to creating a culture with a strong sense of belonging, and unlocking new levels of business performance and success.

Through Paul Sarvadi's thirty-plus years of running a multibillion-dollar company and Eli Jones' multi-award-winning career in publishing sales and strategy research, and teaching, plus scientific studies and real-world applications, the wealth of knowledge in Making Differences Work will show you how to:

• Implement a values based, culture driven, people centric approach of commonality, equality, cohesion, and belonging to achieve the original unifying goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Create a highly collaborative culture full of purpose, focused on what we have in common, not the things that divide us.
• Align core values between employer and employees for a greater ability to achieve dynamic business results by unlocking employee engagement.
• Develop discretionary effort from employees and team creativity resulting in high performance across the organization.

Two sides of a coin with one goal: deepen employees' care and concern for one another and become a shining example of the best place to work for people of all backgrounds.

For better or for worst, Through sickness and health, Til death do us part are the vows that we all one day hope we get to say standing along side our forever love....or not. Follow this young couple story as First Time publish author CJae Jones Jr. take you on a urban love story that's fill with emotion and romance, along with drama and heartache.

Súmate a la ola #Lightlark, el éxito bestseller que ha revolucionado #BookTok.

Una reina superviviente.

Un origen desconocido.

Un futuro incierto.

Enamórate en Lightlark.

Isla Crown ha ganado el amor de dos poderosos gobernantes y ha roto las maldiciones que plagaron los seis reinos durante siglos, pero los verdaderos orígenes de sus poderes son desconocidos. Ahora, a raíz de una terrible traición, Isla a menudo se distrae con las seductoras atracciones de Lightlark en vez de cumplir con su deber como líder de sus reinos. Peor aún, los otros gobernantes no han aceptado su victoria, o no creen que se haya ganado su ascenso al poder. Mientras la muerte camina hacia Lightlark y los secretos del pasado comienzan a desentrañarse, Isla deberá decidir entre su pueblo y los caprichos del traidor más peligroso de todos: su corazón.

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The seductive and action-packed follow-up to Alex Aster's instant #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and internationally bestselling novel, Lightlark.

Isla Crown has secured the love of two powerful rulers and broken the curses that plagued the six realms for centuries, but few know the true origins of her powers. Now, in the wake of a crushing betrayal, Isla finds herself hungry for distraction, preferring to frequent Lightlark's seductive haunts instead of embracing her duties as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms. Worse, her fellow rulers haven't ceded victory quietly, and there are others in Isla's midst who don't believe her ascent to power was earned. As certain death races toward Lightlark and secrets from the past begin to unravel, Isla must weigh her responsibility to her people against the whims of the most dangerous traitor of all: her heart.

Alex Aster's intricate world expands after the riveting culmination of the Centennial games, delving more deeply into Isla's memories of her past, as her future hurtles toward two possible fates.